Visual disturbances in dengue fever: An answer at last?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Cheng, C L ^c   Asok, K ^b   Fong, K Y ^b   Chee, S P ^c   Tan, C K ^a   Chang, Jason P E ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

C4 complement deficiency; Dengue haemorrhagic fever; Retinal vasculitis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; DENGUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA VASCULITIS; STEROID THERAPY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; COMPLEMENT C4; DENGUE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RETINAL VASCULITIS;

EID: 33947514252     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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